Y Habrá Una Vez Romala / And There Will Be a Time, Romala [Spanish]

By Ricardo Chávez Castañeda

«He venido porque me dijeron que aqu est mi madre... Una mujer que se cree muerta y me cree muerto.

C mo fue que Pedro P ramo lleg a convertirse en un rencor vivo? Qu debi ocurrir en su pasado para que su coraz n quedara anegado por la avaricia o la c lera o la maldad? Qu era de Comala antes del silencio y la tristeza? C mo fue que se erosion hasta el punto de ser un pueblo fantasma, un gigantesco cad ver extendido? Y qu le pas a la gente que lo habitaba, c mo eran esas vidas antes de la locura, la crueldad y la injusticia? C mo fueron de ni os Damiana, Dolores y los hermanos Renter a? Damasio, Susana y el propio Pedro? Fueron amigos? Se quisieron m s all de la muerte?

Si la novela de Juan Rulfo plantea o murmura estas preguntas, Ricardo Ch vez Casta eda se da a la tarea de encararlas y perseguirlas hasta el final. As ha escrito Y habr una vez Romala, una novela que responde a la primera, que hurga en todos sus recovecos, que la dobla y desdobla colm ndola de nuevos significados. Con un lenguaje cautivador --que combina la meticulosa precisi n de la poes a con el aire de contundente enso aci n de los mitos--, Ch vez Casta eda nos presenta la historia de Susana y Pedro antes de todo, el descenso de ste a los infiernos en busca de su madre y los distintos caminos de violencia que Pedro P ramo pudo transitar hasta desmoronarse en un mont n de piedras. S lo en uno de esos caminos, en una de esas versiones de s mismo, Pedro se salva. Porque s lo el amor nos salva.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

"I've come because I was told that my mother is here ... A woman we all believed was dead, and who thinks I died, too."

How did Pedro P ramo become so bitter? What happened to harden his heart and consume him with greed, anger and cruelty? What was Comala like before it was gripped by sorrow and silence? How did it fall into decay and become a ghost town? What happened to the people there? What were their lives like before madness, ruthlessness and injustice took hold? What were Damiana, Dolores and the Renter as like as children? And Damasio, Susana and Pedro himself? Were they friends? Did their bonds transcend death?

Ricardo Ch vez Casta eda tackles these and other questions stemming from Juan Rulfo's iconic novel, pursuing them to their conclusion. And There Will Be a Time, Romala is a novel written in response to its predecessor, that explores its nooks and crannies, compresses and extends to discover new meanings. Writing in a unique and captivating style that combines the precision of poetry with the evocative language of myth, Ch vez Casta eda brings us the story of Susana and Pedro before the plot of the original novel begins. As we witness Pedro's descent into hell to find his mother, we see the different paths he had to choose from before sentencing Comala to ruin. Only on one of those paths, as one version of himself, can Pedro find salvation. Because only love has the power to save us.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: Spanish
• ISBN: 6073865783
• ISBN13: 9786073865784
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Alfaguara
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.